New York bar confers its highest honour on ex-CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry: APP

NEW YORK, Nov 18 (APP): One of the world’s largest bar associations has conferred its Honourary Membership on Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the deposed chief justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, at a solemn ceremony here.

The 23,000-member New York City Bar Association’s President, Patricia Hynes, presented the award—a framed citation -- to justice Chaudhry on Monday in recognition of his efforts to uphold the rule of law.

“This is a very proud moment for our association,” Ms. Hynes told Chaudhry as a large gathering of lawyers and other guests gave him a standing ovation.
“We are proud to be your colleagues,” she added as justice Chaudhry profusely thanked the bar members for the honour done to him.

The former chief justice addressed the gathering after his formal introduction by a U.S. judge, Jed Rakoff, who praised his courage in upholding rule of law.
He told the audience about some of justice Chaudhry’s important judgments, which went against the establishment, despite the pressures brought on him. He paid tributes to him for standing up to President Pervez Musharraf so that the cause of justice was upheld, a stance that endeared him to the people.

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